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February 7, 2005

O2 to Build HSDPA, Considers WiMax

By Nancy Gohring

O2 recently announced that it would build an HSDPA network on the Isle of Man: HSDPA is a 3G upgrade that promises to deliver 1 Mbps data rates. HSDPA has been the buzz among mobile operators recently and sounds to be a much simpler upgrade than the move from 2G to 3G with big promise. O2 has apparently bet against Wi-Fi but is trialing WiMax in Ireland to determine if the technology could be useful to the operator.